Cremated Remains Found In Basement To Be Buried

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ROSEVILLE (WWJ/AP) - Dozens of cremated remains discovered in the basement of a Roseville funeral home will be interred, police said.

The remains of more than 100 people were found overall, and Roseville Police Detective Mark Pratt spent more than a year tracking down their families. He was unable to locate relatives for about 40.

“There was a lot of shock and dismay,” Deputy Chief James Berlin told the Detroit Free Press. “Many thought their loved ones’ ashes had been interred, their ashes had been spread.”

Berlin said many remains had been left at the Buehler Funeral Home so it could comply with the deceased’s final requests for burial.

Most of the 40 will be interred in Clinton Township’s Cadillac Memorial Gardens East, which donated space. Pratt worked with an organization that learned three of the people were veterans, and their remains were to be taken to the Great Lakes National Cemetery in Holly Township and interred with full military honors.